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BEVE~LY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
PRO BONO WEEK
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Bar Association's mission is to serve the public and the legal profession by
promoting the administration of justice and encouraging the highest standards of integrity, competence, civility, and
well-being of all members of the profession; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Bar Assoc iation encourages all members of the legal profession to serve
our state by donating legal services, primarily to ass ist indigent North Carolinians and the organizations and
agencies that provide services for them; and
WHEREAS, recent data suggests that of the more than 9 million people li ving in North Carolina,
approximately 2.9 million live at or below the federal poverty level; and
WHEREAS, there is no general civil side right to representat ion; and
WHEREAS, there is one lawyer for every 400 people in the United States who can afford legal
representation; and one legal services lawyer for every 7000 Americans living in need; and
WHEREAS, there is one legal services lawyer for every 19,000 North Caro lini ans living in need; and
WHEREAS, our legal service providers are not adequately funded to begin to meet this need; and
WHEREAS, it is a lawyer's profess ional respons ibility to provide free legal services to those unable to pay
reasonable fees; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association Foundation
support the provision of pro bono legal serv ices by the profession through the Pro Bono Project, 4ALL, NC LEAP,
W i !Is for Heroes, and the many activities of the sections, divisions, committees; and
WHEREAS, the 'orth Carolina Bar Assoc ia1ion has joined the American Bar Association's National Pro
Bono Celebration to showcase the difference that pro bono attorneys can make in our communiti es, in our justice
system, and for the people of North Carol ina that they serve; and
WHEREAS, Pro Bono Week is dedicated to the many lawye rs, law students, and paralegals who help make
access to justice a reality for so many in 'orth Carolina;
OW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim October 25-31, 2009 "PRO BONO WEEK" in North Carolina and urge all citizens to celebrate this
Carolina at the Capito
of the Independence o
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
ty-eighth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, and
of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.

BEVE~LY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
PRO BONO WEEK
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Bar Association's mission is to serve the public and the legal profession by
promoting the administration of justice and encouraging the highest standards of integrity, competence, civility, and
well-being of all members of the profession; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Bar Assoc iation encourages all members of the legal profession to serve
our state by donating legal services, primarily to ass ist indigent North Carolinians and the organizations and
agencies that provide services for them; and
WHEREAS, recent data suggests that of the more than 9 million people li ving in North Carolina,
approximately 2.9 million live at or below the federal poverty level; and
WHEREAS, there is no general civil side right to representat ion; and
WHEREAS, there is one lawyer for every 400 people in the United States who can afford legal
representation; and one legal services lawyer for every 7000 Americans living in need; and
WHEREAS, there is one legal services lawyer for every 19,000 North Caro lini ans living in need; and
WHEREAS, our legal service providers are not adequately funded to begin to meet this need; and
WHEREAS, it is a lawyer's profess ional respons ibility to provide free legal services to those unable to pay
reasonable fees; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association Foundation
support the provision of pro bono legal serv ices by the profession through the Pro Bono Project, 4ALL, NC LEAP,
W i !Is for Heroes, and the many activities of the sections, divisions, committees; and
WHEREAS, the 'orth Carolina Bar Assoc ia1ion has joined the American Bar Association's National Pro
Bono Celebration to showcase the difference that pro bono attorneys can make in our communiti es, in our justice
system, and for the people of North Carol ina that they serve; and
WHEREAS, Pro Bono Week is dedicated to the many lawye rs, law students, and paralegals who help make
access to justice a reality for so many in 'orth Carolina;
OW, THEREFORE, I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby
proclaim October 25-31, 2009 "PRO BONO WEEK" in North Carolina and urge all citizens to celebrate this
Carolina at the Capito
of the Independence o
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North
ty-eighth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, and
of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.